Ciao Bella's Fresh Mint

The last time a taste of ice cream hit me with such a unique, clean flavor I was at the Biltmore Room and my mouth was tingling from their ginger ice cream. This time it was the grassy taste of fresh mint, nothing like that sharp, peppermint stick flavor that other ice creams pass off as mint. I almost expected to find rough, chewy mint leaves in the ice cream (I didn't, of course).

I've been picking up Ciao Bella's gelatos at my local natural food store, and I have to admit I was kind of disappointed by the ingredients list, but the texture is so nice, really creamy and thick. We had a chocolate hazelnut that wasn't quite chocolaty enough for me, but Todd really liked it. This one, called fresh mint" on the package, has dark chocolate chunks in this great mint ice cream. Hello new favorite.